A RECITAL OF CLASSICAL PIANO MUSIC - HYUK NAMKOONG

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About the pianist:

Hyuk Namkoong is a South Korean concert pianist currently based in Sheffield. He has a wide range of performing and teaching experiences. He was previously under the tutelage of Petras Geniusas when he did his MMus degree in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (2015-2017). Hyuk regularly performs in South Yorkshire and other regions in the UK, some of the examples include: the Beverley Minster, St Michael’s Church in Macclesfield, Sheffield Cathedral, Cafe#9, etc. He is also the conductor for the University of Sheffield Concert Orchestra and works as a piano tutor at the Sheffield Music Academy. His previous achievements include winning first Prize in the New Piano Stars Competition (2015) in Glasgow, first prize in the Young Musician of the Gulf and The Best Pianist Award & Most Promising Bahrain-Based Musician Award (2010), and third prize in the First International Chopin Competition in Kuwait (2010)

Programme:

J.S. Bach - Keyboard Partita No.2 in C minor, BWV 826
P. Tchaikovsky - Selection from "The Seasons", Op. 37
F. Schubert - Wanderer Fantasy in C major D 760

Testimonial:

“Power-driven Korean Hyuk Namkoong was first off with Nikolai Kapustin’s Sonata-Fantasia, which began its journey out east but wandered into Hollywood, Tin Pan Alley and 52nd Street, picking up widescreen and jazz influences wherever it walked. Hyuk gave it a knockout performance. I don’t know if he got the jokes, but this listener, corpsing quietly in the back row, was dazzled.” – Michael Tumelty (Classical music writer), Herald Scotland, 29th February 2016